The geometry of systems of third-order differential equations induced by second-order regular Lagrangians

DOI10.1007/s00009-009-0020-9zbMath1229.70044arXiv0705.3689WikidataQ115390435 ScholiaQ115390435MaRDI QIDQ844003

Radu Miron, Ioan Bucataru

Publication date: 18 January 2010

Published in: Mediterranean Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0705.3689

zbMATH Keywords

covariant derivative; semispray; nonlinear connection; Poincaré-Cartan two-form

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

70G45: Differential geometric methods (tensors, connections, symplectic, Poisson, contact, Riemannian, nonholonomic, etc.) for problems in mechanics

70H03: Lagrange's equations

70H50: Higher-order theories for problems in Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics

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